D G A (3x)
D   G D 

 
[Chorus]
  D             G A   D              G A
I don't know why,   I don't know why
  D               G A        D    G A
I don't know why it takes so long

 
[Verse 1]
  D           A G   D            A G
I cut my hair,    I grow it back
D                A G     D            A G
First the thought    and then the act
   Bm                A          G
To think a plant up towards the sun
            E        G     A  D    G D
It can't be done, it can't be done


[Chorus]
  D             G A   D              G A
I don't know why,   I don't know why
  D               G A        D    G A
I don't know why it takes so long

 
[Verse 2]
  D           A G   D            A G
I see you now,    I saw you then
  D             A G    D         A G
I know you more,   and different
Bm                   A        G
I can't contain it, still complain
         E     G     A  D    G D
Love's a weed, trust is rain

 
[Chorus]
  D             G A   D              G A
I don't know why,   I don't know why
  D               G A        D    G A
I don't know why it takes so long
  D             G A   D              G A
I don't know why,   I don't know why
  D               G A        D    G A
I don't know why it takes so long

 
[Bridge]
G           A
In a moment wings unfurl
  Em           G          A
A butterfly, a little girl
G                       A
Star pieces fall to the ground
Em                G      A
Streaks of light, just tonight
 
[Instrumental]
D G A (3x)
D   G D 


[Verse 3]
D            A G  D           A G
Sam and Libby,    Lib and Sam
D           A G  D           A G
Made a little    one of them
Bm               A      G
A baby's born a man to die
             E      G     A    D
I don't know why, I don't know why


[Chorus]
  D             G A   D              G A
I don't know why,   I don't know why
  D               G A        D
I don't know why it takes so long
G  A        D
It takes so long
G  A        D
It takes so long
G  A        D     G D
It takes so long